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Pequot Lakes’ defense shut down Park Rapids’ running game as the Patriots advanced to the Section 8AAA football championship game with a 42-14 semifinal victory at Pequot Lakes Saturday night. Park Rapids managed only 5 yards on 19 running plays while C.J. Borleis completed 9 of 14 passes for 189 yards in leading the No. 2-seeded Patriots past No. 3 Park Rapids. Of those nine completions, two went for touchdowns and five others produced first downs that kept scoring drives alive.

For the second year in a row, Julia Smith won a singles match at the state Class A girls tennis tournament. The Park Rapids sophomore opened the state tournament Thursday at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Winona Cotter freshman Cindy Li, who was the No. 3 seed. Smith stayed alive with a 6-0, 6-0 win over St.

Paige Fritze earned all-conference honors in four events in leading the Park Rapids girls swimming and diving team to runner-up honors at Friday’s Mid-State Conference meet at the Area High School pool. Fritze joined Kayla Andersen, Tea Nyland and Lauren Rossman to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:56.61.

At the time, Jordan McCollum’s 95-yard interception return to end the first half only seemed to put the finishing touches on a dominant first half for the Park Rapids football team. In the end, that touchdown on the final play of the first half proved to be the game-winner as the Panthers escaped with an 18-12 Section 8AAA quarterfinal victory over Roseau at Vern Weekley Field. Entering the first-round playoff game, the No. 3-seeded Panthers were the heavy favorites to advance past No.

Five different players scored touchdowns as Nevis built a 41-12 halftime lead en route to a 48-26 9-man football victory over Rothsay in a Section 6 quarterfinal game Tuesday night at Nevis. Gavin Becker’s 55-yard TD pass from Austin Becker, Kiefer Miller’s 3-yard TD run and Gavin Becker’s 55-yard TD run gave the Tigers a 20-0 lead after the first quarter. After Rothsay scored on a 3-yard TD run, Jordan Spenst’s 60-yard TD reception, Hunter Darchuk’s 10-yard TD run and Austin Becker’s 49-yard TD run gave Nevis a 41-6 l

Nevis and Menahga will open the Section 5A volleyball tournament on the road. Menahga (4-21) received the No. 5 seed in the North 1 bracket and will travel to No. 4 Pillager (5-21) Thursday night at 7. The winner of that match plays at No. 1 Sebeka (21-7-1) Friday night at 7. The other first-round match in that bracket pits East Central (1-18) at Hinckley-Finlayson (8-14). East Central is the North 2’s No. 6 seed while Hinckley-Finlayson is the No. 3 seed. The winner of that match plays at Onamia (16-10) Friday night.

Nevis received contributions from the offense, defense and special teams to hand Cromwell its first 9-man football loss of the season last Wednesday night and gain a share of the Great Northern Conference title. The offense compiled 383 yards, the defense held Cromwell scoreless over the final 20 minutes and the special teams contributed a touchdown as the Tigers ended the regular season with a 32-18 victory. Cromwell, which entered the game rated No.

Julia Smith didn’t dwell on the past as she entered the Section 8A girls tennis tournament. Focusing on the present led to a return trip to the state Class A tournament for the Park Rapids sophomore. Smith entered the section tournament at Fargo’s Courts Plus as the No. 3 seed in singles. Staples-Motley’s Izabella Edin was the No. 1 seed and Pequot Lakes’ Haley Wiebolt was the No. 2 seed. During the regular season, Smith had lost twice to both players.